Pac-12 to partner with SWAC on basketball games
The Pac-12 and the Southwestern Athletic Conference are forming a basketball educational and scheduling partnership.
The partnership announced Monday includes home-and-home series between member institutions in each conference.
The partnership in men’s and women’s basketball begins in November 2022 with two-year home-andhome series through 2026.
As part of the partnership, student-athletes will participate in social-justice and antiracism educational components as part of the games. The programming will be a collaboration between leadership from the basketball programs.
Athletic departments also will facilitate private meetings between athletic directors and senior staff.
The first home-andhome series will include Southern and Arizona, Florida A&M and Oregon, Alabama State and USC, Arizona State and Texas Southern, Colorado and Grambling, and Washington State against Prairie View A&M.
⏩ Jon Scheyer’s strong early start to his Duke head-coaching career on the recruiting trail jumped another level.
Dereck Lively II, a fivestar center rated as the No. 2 player in the class of 2022, committed to play for Duke next season. The 7-foot-1, 220-pound center made his commitment via Instagram Live from Westtown School in West Chester, Pa.
Lively chose Duke over six other finalists: Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida State, Michigan, USC and Penn State. In the process, he gives the Blue Devils the presumptive No. 1 recruiting class for 2022.